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Long-spine porcupinefish

Diodon holocanthus

需要看医生很少致命，但如果有人吃了它，要去看医生。

吃了有毒吃：什么都来一点碰了或吃了有毒，不注射毒液

The long-spine porcupinefish is a marine fish covered in long, sharp spines. It lives in warm tropical and subtropical seas around the world, often over muddy seabeds or on reefs. Its beak-like jaws can crush hard prey such as sea urchins and shellfish.1

有毒还是有毒液？有毒液的动物通过咬或蜇注入毒液。有毒的动物是碰了或吃了会受害。这一种是碰了或吃了有害的。

生活在

Tropical and subtropical seas worldwide, including the Atlantic, western Indian and Pacific oceans1

太平洋, 大西洋, 印度洋, 红海, 加勒比海, 珊瑚海, 菲律宾海, 南海, 墨西哥湾, 帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海, 孟加拉湾, 加利福尼亚湾

首页

It is found over muddy sea bottoms, in estuaries, in lagoons, and on coral and rocky reefs in tropical and subtropical seas.1

长度

50 cm (1.6 ft)1

最高速度

约 4 公里/小时（2.5 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It feeds on molluscs, sea urchins, hermit crabs, snails and crabs, mainly at night when it is active. It uses its beak together with plates on the roof of its mouth to crush prey such as molluscs and sea urchins, which would otherwise be hard to digest.1

Long-spine porcupinefish的照片 — Long-spine porcupinefish。照片：Dan Schofield。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Pale in colour, with large black blotches and smaller black spots. The spots become fewer as the fish gets older.1
Many long spines, each with two roots, which can be raised or lowered. They are especially numerous on the head.1
The teeth of the two jaws are fused into a parrot-like beak.1
Adults can reach 50 cm in length.1

常被误认为： The black-blotched porcupinefish (Diodon liturosus) is the only other fish it might be confused with. The long-spine porcupinefish has much longer spines.1

毒力

吃了有毒

只有被什么东西吃掉时才有害。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 严重如果有人吃了它，要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

如果有人碰了或吃了它

如果有人吃了它，或吃后出现症状：立刻拨打急救电话或中毒急救中心。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果你碰了或吃了它：不要揉眼睛或嘴巴，洗手并就医。

它不是冲着你来的。它的毒只是为了不被吃掉。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲太平洋大西洋印度洋红海加勒比海珊瑚海南海墨西哥湾菲律宾海帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海孟加拉湾加利福尼亚湾

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 3 根香蕉首尾相接一样长和 16 块玩具积木排成一排一样长45 秒就能游完一个大泳池（50 米）

Long-spine porcupinefish和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一个在游泳的人 约 3 公里/小时 (1.9 mph)

Long-spine porcupinefish 约 4 公里/小时 (2.5 mph)

一名奥运游泳选手 约 8 公里/小时 (5 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its jaws are fused into a beak that looks like a parrot's, and it uses it to crack open sea urchins and molluscs.1

Its spines have two roots and can be raised or lowered.1

The black spots on its pale body become fewer as it ages.1

Young fish are found in groups, and they stay in open water until they reach about 7 cm.1

给毒液专家

学名: Diodon holocanthus
类别: 其他有毒动物
家人: Diodontidae2
排序: Tetraodontiformes
大洲: 太平洋, 大西洋, 印度洋, 红海, 加勒比海, 珊瑚海, 菲律宾海, 南海, 墨西哥湾, 帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海, 孟加拉湾, 加利福尼亚湾, 海洋
宝宝: It spawns at the surface at dawn or dusk, in pairs or in groups of males with one female. The young stay pelagic (living in open water) until they are at least 7 cm long.1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3